As such, why would they want an old-school conservative amoungst themselves who would remind them of what empty-headed, hypocritical jerks and liars they are?

And you’re right again, the owners blinked. I think far too often people fold when they should stand their ground, but for many I think it was a convenient excuse to provide cover for what they wanted to do anyway, I think there are a lot of left leaning team owners and league officials. I’d have had more respect for them if they came out and were open about it and took whatever lumps came from it, but it’s also a rarity these days. Not too many people say what they mean and mean what they say, especially in these overly PC times where allegations of racism and other nasties get hurled far to freely and to far too much effect.

I wonder just how dedicated the “black” players in the NFL would be to an actual “strike.” Remember football players in general are not that overly skilled with respect to doing another job, definitely not for high 6 or 7 figure salaries. How many would really endanger their lavish lifestyles, fame, and fortune for something as inane as this. I think they talk a good talk, but would fail to walk the walk. Both for money, and ego reasons (hard to be an important person when you’re looking for a job).

I agree 100%. But the owners flinched first. And Rush got booted. I’m not a Rush fan but it wouldn’t bother me in the slightest if he owned a team. But that’s just me.

As a former collegiate offensive lineman, I have to agree with you on the character issue in general. I wasn’t a thug but I did have a genuinely nasty streak that made me very successful as a left tackle. My upbringing did allow me to reign it in MOST of the time. But I was involved with a few scuffles with other “jocks” on campus (nothing that got me arrested). So you take a nasty streak, add lack of “home training”, you get alot of football players (whether from the “ghetto”, suburbs, or country).

And ultimately, if they did strike and get replaced, that’d be for the better IMO. Replace them with people for whom playing the game is more important than silly political grandstanding.

But I guess we’ll never know. I’m sure many of them could have had a wonderful career in dog fighting or such. Face it, from the behavior of too many of them, football players, regardless of race, are not exactly people who should be idolized. Even Babe Ruth was not a saint, and times have degenerated since then.

Like I’ve said many times where I blog at about this issue, if conservatives, like LibertarianAdvocate said, stop purchasing those tickets because of the Rush Situation, THEN we would have some ACTION. But conservatives love football more than Rush (or they have priorities).

GO FALCONS!

BUT the NFL can’t have it’s meal tickets, the majority black players, openly boycotting a team and it’s owner (and by proxy) the entire NFL.

Why would they boycott the NFL?? The majority of blacks have voted for the Democratic party for many years now, who have been openly discriminatory toward black folk. Seems to me very little difference in this situation. – Lorica

And as far as Olbermann goes, he may consider MM a “big mashed-up bag of meat with lipstick,” but that’s got to be miles better than the pig without lipstick he is. He really does need to stick to his sty and never be let out in public.

I quit watching the NFL some years back when the overt criminality of the players got too much to stomach. But I’ll not watch louder, now.

The irony of Jesse Jackson and especially Al Sharpton accusing anyone of racism makes the head spin no matter how many times it happens.

And Sistertoldh is right; the market did not decide this one, a small bunch if idiot leftist commentators did. The made up a bunch of quotes (and/or quoted made up quotes) and created the impression that there was a lot of outrage when there was one.

In other words, it was the triumph of the intolerant left.